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TRATE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YREKA HELD IN SAID CITY ON JANUARY 18, 2022
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On the 18'h Day of January 2021, the City Council of the City of Yreka met in regular session, and upon roll call, the following were present: Deborah Baird, Joan Smith Freeman, Duane Kegg, Corey Middleton, and Paul McCoy.
2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND/OR ANNOUNCEMENTS:
a. Presentation - Red Scarf Society:
Norris Foundation Grant to Re-Roof the Yreka Community Theater.
Joan Favero, President of the Red Scarf Society for the Performing Arts presented information on this item to the Council.
5. CONSENT AGENDA:
Mayor Kegg announced that all matters listed under the consent calendar are considered routine and would be enacted by one motion unless any member of the Council wished to remove an item for discussion, or a member of the audience wished to comment on an item:
City Manager Jason Ledbetter recommended approval of the following consent items:
a. Approval/ratification of payments issued from December 27, 2021, through January 9, 2022.
b. Report on Cash to the City Council - November 2021
c. Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting held January 4, 2021. d. Continuation of Urgency Ordinance #864: Fireworks
e. Continuation of Urgency Resolution #2021-51: Remote Public Meetings f. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Yreka Appointing Representatives to the Board of Directors - Small Cities Organized Risk Effort (SCORE) g. Waive Full Text Reading of All Ordinances on the Agenda. Ordinances shall be introduced and adopted by title only.
Following Council discussion, Councilmember Freeman moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Councilmember McCoy seconded the motion, and upon roll call, the following voted AYE: Baird, Freeman, McCoy, Middleton, and Kegg. Mayor Kegg thereupon declared the motion carried.
6. PUBLIC HEARING
a. Discussion and Possible Action - Edible Food Recovery Ordinance
Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance of the City of Yreka Opting in to the Siskiyou County Integrated Solid Waste Management Regional Agency's Edible Food Recovery Ordinance.
City Manager Jason Ledbetter presented information on this item to the Council.
Following Council discussion, Councilmember McCoy moved to approve item #6a.
Councilmember Freeman seconded the motion, and upon roll call, the following voted AYE:
Baird, Freeman, McCoy, Middleton, and Kegg. Mayor Kegg thereupon declared the motion carried.
7. OLD BUSINESS:
a. Discussion and Possible Action - Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum.
Review of proposal from the Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum.
Grace Bennett with the Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum presented information on this item to the Council.
Following Council discussion, Councilmember McCoy moved to review and accept the proposal from the Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum in the amount of $5,500.00.
Councilmember Middleton seconded the motion, and upon roll call, the following voted AYE: Baird, Freeman, McCoy, Middleton, and Kegg. Mayor Kegg thereupon declared the motion carried.
b. Discussion Only - Mayor Duane Kegg.
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program.
City Manager Jason Ledbetter presented information on this item to the Council.
8. NEW BUSINESS:
a. Discussion and Possible Action - Public Works:
Adopt a Resolution Accepting a Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (DWSRF) Grant in the Amount of $4,939,000 and Authorizing the Finance Director to Allocate these Funds for the Water Supply and Storage Improvements Project.
Public Works Director Matt Bray presented information on this item to the Council.
Following Council discussion, Councilmember Baird moved to approve item #8a.
Councilmember Freeman seconded the motion, and upon roll call, the following voted AYE:
Baird, Freeman, McCoy, Middleton, and Kegg. Mayor Kegg thereupon declared the motion carried.
b. Discussion and Possible Action - Public Works:
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Task Order with PACE Engineering to Provide Engineering Services for the Specified Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Wastewater Treatment Plant Project and Authorizing the Finance Director to Amend the Expenditure Budget in the Amount of $319,000.
Public Works Director Matt Bray presented information on this item to the Council.
Following Council discussion, Councilmember McCoy moved to approve item #8b.
Councilmember Middleton seconded the motion, and upon roll call, the following voted AYE: Baird, Freeman, McCoy, Middleton, and Kegg. Mayor Kegg thereupon declared the motion carried.
c. Discussion and Possible Action - Public Works:
Authorize the Director of Public Works or his Designee to Apply for a Grant from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) to Purchase Emergency Generators for Critical Facilities Public Works Director Matt Bray presented information on this item to the Council.
Following Council discussion, Councilmember Freeman moved to approve item #8c.
Councilmember Baird seconded the motion, and upon roll call, the following voted AYE:
Baird, Freeman, McCoy, Middleton, and Kegg. Mayor Kegg thereupon declared the motion carried.
d. Discussion and Possible Action - Human Resources:
Direction to Reclassify the Human Resources Coordinator Job Classification to a Confidential Management Analyst
Human Resources Director John Elsnab presented information on this item to the Council.
Following Council discussion, Councilmember Freeman moved to approve item #7d. Mayor Kegg seconded the motion, and upon roll call, the following voted AYE: Baird, Freeman, McCoy, Middleton, and Kegg. Mayor Kegg thereupon declared the motion carried. e. Discussion and Possible Action - Planning:
General Plan 2044 Introduction and Schedule.
Planning Director Juliana Lucchesi presented information on this item to the Council.
9. City Manager/Staff Reports:
City Manager and Staff made brief announcements or reports at this time.
10. Council Statements and Requests:
Councilmembers reported on various community events and meetings attended.
11. CLOSED SESSION:
The City Council recessed to Closed Session to discuss the following items):
a. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation Initiation of litigation pursuant to Subdivision (c) of Section 54956.9 of the Government Code: (Number of cases to be discussed - 1 - The names of the parties are not disclosed, as it is believed that that to do so would jeopardize the City's ability to serve process or to conclude existing settlement negotiations to the City's advantage).
12. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION:
Upon return to Open Session, Mayor Kegg reported that no action was taken by the City Council in Closed Session. (Government Code Section 54950 et. seq.).
11. ADJOURNMENT.
There being no further business before the Council the meeting was adjourned.
Attest:
Dunder egg, Mayor
Minutes approved by Council,
Arthur Boyd, City Cle Motion February 1, 2022